The State Department approved a possible FMS to Italy of MQ-9 Block 5 Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $738 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification, notifying Congress of this possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS).
Italy has requested to buy six Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) MQ-9 Block 5 Aircraft; three Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) MQ-9 Mobile Ground Control Stations (MGCS); 12 AN/DAS-4 Multi-spectral Target Systems; nine LYNX AN/APY-8 Block 20A Synthetic Aperture Radars with Maritime Wide Area Surveillance (MWAS) capability; and one Embedded Global Positioning & Inertial Navigation System (EGI). The estimated total cost is $738 million.
General Atomics, located in San Diego, CA, will be the principal contractor.
